I think it's on youtube as well

not that I can see, just someone from the L**ds board has linked to some speech specialist saying sound a lip ,movements don't always correlate.

Some of the wriggling from Leeds fans has been quite amusing tbh.

They'll be claiming Hardaker wasn't actually playing in that game next.

Would it also be against the law of the land to call someone a f****** F******?

I was just being ironic due to the poster seemingly believing that you can't mention youtube on here

It's pathetic, if it was a Wigan player who had done that they would be going nuts, same with lots defending Ablett for his kick to the head.

This is the video https://vine.co/v/Md0egWOePWp

This is the video https://vine.co/v/Md0egWOePWp

I'd not seen it before and i'm no expert on lip reading but I think it's reasonably clear what he's called him.

Has he actually apologised for it yet?

Peacock may not be completely in the clear either...

I'd hope he gets a stiff penalty for the homophobia. Nastiness like that has no place in society. Rugby League was the first sport to be given a Stonewall award so I can see this being taken very seriously.

Just speaking to a referee carries a significant penalty in itself. Our sport has prided itself in the respect the players show match officials and a light penalty would send a terrible message.

I know it's meaningless where certain teams are concerned but the RFL guidelines suggest that "Foul and abusive language towards a Match Official" is a category D offence (3-5 matches) and "Verbal abuse based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin" is category E-F (4-8+).

He should get a ban for swearing at the ref, nothing more imo, I don't thik this makes him homophobic, Ive been call much worst, but because im white and straight, it doesn't matter.

to be fair, he could be calling him a fanny, using the female ladies parts in such a fashion would surely be punishable with a season ban

To be honest I dont have a problem with him getting off in the sense that I have wanted the Ref's to take action during a game for ages instead of copping out and using the "on report"

This doesnt take away consistancy of course.

I noticed what both of them said during the game and said they should both have walked there and then. If he lets them talk to him like that during a game without taking action then he is creating problems for himself and other refs.

Not the same level I know but when I used to referee football I would say to both teams that any foul and abusive language in my direction would be an instant red card. It only took a couple of weeks of sendings off before they got the message and it virtually never happened again. If He heard those comments and is citing them after the match then he didn't do his job properly in the first place.